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PROPAGATION RY SEPARATION AND IllVISION 67way as bulbs. The crown 0~ “ pip” ofthe lily-of-the-valley, shown in Fig. 56,is treated in this way.Rootstock may be divided into asmany parts as there are eyes or buds,and eack part is then treated as an independentI.‘lont. Familiar examples ofsuch division are the common practicesof multiplying rhubarb and canna. A(3nna rootstock, or “ stool,” is seen inFig. 57. The observer is looking downon the top of the stool ; and the five ’pit~ct’s show how the operator ha.s dividedit. The two lower pieces on the left showthe remhs of the flower-stalks of thep1wic,us I\;-ear. If the variety were veryscarq sonw of these pieces could be ’again divided into two or three.FIG. 50. Lily-of-the-valleycrown.